Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> just fixing security is no use - you need technical solutions, sure -
The traditional stories about treasures across Seven Hills and Seven
Seas could provide important clues. ~
> but you need legislative, ISP antispam policy etc measures, you need
> user education about spam and security, etc.
OK. _Good Education_ in general, may be the most important thing needed.
This thread started with a first conviction in the US, and we can close
it now with the first conviction here in Chennai [Dubious distinction of
being the first in India, first under the IT Act etc. etc.]
<quote>
Smitten youth gets 5 years for harassing Chennai girl on Internet
Saturday November 6 2004 10:35 IST
CHENNAI: In the first ever conviction for cyber crime in the country,
the X Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, on Friday
sentenced a man to imprisonment for harassing a woman on the Internet.
Suhas Shetty, the accused, was sentenced on three counts - two years for
show of obscenity in electronic form, two years for forging electronic
documents and one year for outraging the modesty of a woman....
</quote>
The full story is at:
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20041105122238&Page=T&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Tamil+Nadu&Topic=0